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Iran Says It Has 100 Vessels For Each US Warship
CBS News ^ | July 24, 2010

Posted on 07/24/2010 9:08:35 AM PDT by Strategy

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A former naval chief in Iran's Revolutionary Guard says his country has set aside 100 military vessels to confront each U.S. warship that poses a threat.

Gen. Morteza Saffari is quoted by the conservative weekly Panjereh Saturday as saying that troops aboard U.S. warships are "morsels" for Iran to target in the event of any American threat against Iran.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: iran; islam; israel; middleeast; war
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To: Strategy

Now that’s what I’d call a target rich environment.


81 posted on 07/24/2010 9:09:41 PM PDT by JrsyJack (a healthy dose of buckshot will probably get you the last word in any argument.)
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A former naval chief in Iran's Revolutionary Guard says his country has set aside 100 military vessels targets to confront each U.S. warship that poses a threat.
82 posted on 07/24/2010 10:39:10 PM PDT by Kozak (USA 7/4/1776 to 1/20/2009 Reqiescat in Pace)
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To: Tonytitan
SeaRam is a different system than what's deployed in the fleet right now. It marries the RIM-116 with a CIWS tracking system. It might be on a couple of platforms but as far as I know it is still be tested.

SeaRam launcher

RAM launcher currently in use.

83 posted on 07/25/2010 12:48:42 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY ("The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen." -Dennis Prager)
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To: GATOR NAVY
...but as far as I know it is still being tested..

You're right! The combined systems have not been deployed yet. I have also read that there is talk of marrying the CIWS to the free electron laser once they get the laser strength to acceptable levels.

84 posted on 07/25/2010 1:12:40 PM PDT by Tonytitan
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To: Strategy

We should have beat the sh!t out of these Persian a$$holes LONG ago...


85 posted on 07/25/2010 1:47:00 PM PDT by Levante
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To: TopQuark

Agreed!,,,,


86 posted on 07/27/2010 4:39:18 AM PDT by joelt
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